Baseline Demographic Information: Summary Table

Variable N Mean SD Min Max
Age 2429 39.632 14.584 18 75
Female 2429 0.498 0.500 0 1
Working for pay 2429 0.853 0.354 0 1
Education - No formal 2429 0.042 0.201 0 1
Education - At least some primary 2429 0.314 0.464 0 1
Education - At least some secondary 2429 0.454 0.498 0 1
Education - Post-secondary 2429 0.189 0.391 0 1
Religion - Catholic 2429 0.351 0.477 0 1
Religion - Protestant 2429 0.273 0.445 0 1
Religion - Muslim 2429 0.202 0.402 0 1
Religion - Pentecostal/Born again/Evangelical 2429 0.158 0.365 0 1
Religion - None 2429 0.004 0.064 0 1
Religion - Other 2429 0.012 0.109 0 1
Tribe - Baganda 2428 0.488 0.500 0 1
Tribe - Banyankole 2428 0.115 0.319 0 1
Tribe - Basoga 2428 0.050 0.218 0 1
Tribe - Bagisu 2428 0.035 0.183 0 1
Tribe - Bakiga 2428 0.034 0.181 0 1
Tribe - Batoro 2428 0.034 0.182 0 1
Tribe - Iteso 2428 0.033 0.180 0 1

Baseline Descriptive Statistics: Summary Table

Variable N Mean SD Min Max
Uses charcoal stove - Every day 2429 0.694 0.461 0 1
Uses charcoal stove - A few times a week 2429 0.117 0.321 0 1
Uses charcoal stove - A few times a month 2429 0.051 0.220 0 1
Uses charcoal stove - A few times a year 2429 0.016 0.127 0 1
Uses charcoal stove - Never 2429 0.122 0.328 0 1
Burns waste - Every day 2429 0.026 0.159 0 1
Burns waste - A few times a week 2429 0.102 0.302 0 1
Burns waste - A few times a month 2429 0.080 0.272 0 1
Burns waste - A few times a year 2429 0.054 0.226 0 1
Burns waste - Never 2429 0.738 0.440 0 1
Burns grass - Every day 2429 0.011 0.103 0 1
Burns grass - A few times a week 2429 0.046 0.209 0 1
Burns grass - A few times a month 2429 0.053 0.223 0 1
Burns grass - A few times a year 2429 0.064 0.244 0 1
Burns grass - Never 2429 0.827 0.378 0 1
Uses car or motorcycle - Every day 2429 0.000 0.000 0 0
Uses car or motorcycle - A few times a week 2429 0.000 0.000 0 0
Uses car or motorcycle - A few times a month 2429 0.000 0.000 0 0
Uses car or motorcycle - A few times a year 2429 0.000 0.000 0 0
Uses car or motorcycle - Never 2429 0.000 0.000 0 0
Has looked for information about the level of air pollution where they live 2429 0.063 0.242 0 1
Source of info on pollution - Website 152 0.408 0.493 0 1
Source of info on pollution - Mobile Phone Application 152 0.151 0.360 0 1
Source of info on pollution - Local Government 152 0.151 0.360 0 1
Source of info on pollution - Other 152 0.388 0.489 0 1
Thinks air in current location generally - Very clean 2429 0.079 0.269 0 1
Thinks air in current location generally - Somewhat clean 2429 0.276 0.447 0 1
Thinks air in current location generally - Somewhat polluted 2429 0.446 0.497 0 1
Thinks air in current location generally - Very polluted 2429 0.199 0.399 0 1
Thinks the air today - Very clean 2429 0.106 0.308 0 1
Thinks the air today - Somewhat clean 2429 0.394 0.489 0 1
Thinks the air today - Somewhat polluted 2429 0.383 0.486 0 1
Thinks the air today - Very polluted 2429 0.117 0.322 0 1
Thinks air in Kampala generally - Very clean 2429 0.015 0.123 0 1
Thinks air in Kampala generally - Somewhat clean 2429 0.165 0.371 0 1
Thinks air in Kampala generally - Somewhat polluted 2429 0.459 0.498 0 1
Thinks air in Kampala generally - Very polluted 2429 0.361 0.480 0 1
Air in Kampala generally - Cleaner than in other major cities 2429 0.223 0.416 0 1
Air in Kampala generally - Same as in other major cities 2429 0.110 0.313 0 1
Air in Kampala generally - More polluted than in other major cities 2429 0.667 0.471 0 1
Air in Kampala generally - Cleaner than in Beijing 2429 0.357 0.479 0 1
Air in Kampala generally - Same as in Beijing 2429 0.101 0.302 0 1
Air in Kampala generally - More polluted than in Beijing 2429 0.542 0.498 0 1
Heard of Air Quality Index 2429 0.045 0.207 0 1
Thinks less than 100 yearly deaths from air pollution 2429 0.573 0.495 0 1
Thinks less than 5000 yearly deaths from air pollution 2429 0.351 0.477 0 1
Thinks more than 5000 yearly deaths from air pollution 2429 0.076 0.265 0 1
Thinks air pollution does not affect health 2429 0.009 0.095 0 1
Thinks air pollution has a small effect on health 2429 0.157 0.364 0 1
Thinks air pollution has a large effect on health 2429 0.829 0.376 0 1

Baseline Descriptive Statistics: Barplots

Behaviors That Can Contribute to Pollution

About how often does your household use a charcoal stove?

About how often does your household dispose of waste by burning?

About how often does your household burn grass or other items besides waste?

About how often do you or someone in your house drive a car/motorcycle?

Information Seeking

Have you ever looked for information about the level of air pollution in the place where you live?

Where did you look for this information?

Qualitative Assessments of Local Air Quality

When you think about the air in the LC1/neighborhood where we are now, in general would you say it is very clean, somewhat clean, somewhat polluted, or very polluted?

What about the air today? Would you say the air is very clean, somewhat clean, somewhat polluted, or very polluted?

Now think about the whole city of Kampala. When you think about the air in Kampala, in general would you say it is very clean, somewhat clean, somewhat polluted, or very polluted?

Do you think the air in Kampala is generally cleaner, more polluted, or the same as most other major cities in the world? Is it:

Do you think air in Kampala is usually more clean, more polluted, or the same as Beijing, China?

Knowledge About Air Pollution

Have you ever heard of something called the Air Quality Index (AQI)?

If you had to guess, about how many people do you think die from air pollution in Kampala every year?

To the best of your knowledge, which of the following statements about air pollution are true?

To what extent do you think air pollution affects health? Do you think it:

Baseline Outcomes

Concern

There are lots of things that can make us sick. How worried are you about each of the following affecting yourself or your family? Health problems caused by air pollution.

Next let’s talk about the neighborhood in which you live. What are you most worried about in your neighborhood? [Most worried about] air pollution.

A few minutes ago I mentioned a few different environmental issues. I want you to think about air pollution specifically. To what extent are you concerned or unconcerned about air pollution in the neighborhood where you live?

Responsibility

I want you to consider who do you think is responsible for reducing pollution and keeping your community clean. If you place the slider all the way to the left, it means ordinary Ugandans should have the full responsibility and the government should have no responsibility for reducing pollution and keeping the community clean. If you place the slider all the way to the right it means the government should have the full responsibility and ordinary Ugandans should have no responsibility for reducing pollution and keeping the community clean. If you place the slider in the middle it means ordinary Ugandans and the government have equal responsibility for reducing pollution and keeping the community clean. Please show me where you think the slider should be.

Prioritization

Which of the following is the most important environmental issue in your community today?

Knowledge

True or false: air pollution in cities like Kampala and Nairobi can be just as bad or worse as the most polluted cities in the world.

True or false: breathing polluted air affects the lungs but not the brain or heart.

Which of the following body parts can be affected by air pollution?

By body part:

All body parts:

True or false: so far, no government has successfully been able to reduce air pollution.

To what extent do you agree or disagree that government should impose fines for trash burning?

Policy Support

To what extent do you agree or disagree that air pollution will have a serious impact on your life? Do you:

One of the major causes of air pollution is exhaust from old vehicles that are in poor condition. To what extent do you agree or disagree that the government should remove such vehicles from the road, even when it comes at a cost to the vehicle owners?

Behaviour

Would you be interested in receiving SMS messages alerting you when air quality in your local neighborhood reaches very unhealthy levels?

To what extent would you be willing or unwilling to join a neighborhood/village/LC1 group to come up with a neighborhood air quality improvement plan?

Would you be interested in writing a short note to your mayor about air pollution?

Merging Baseline and Endline Survey data

Endline Descriptive Statistics: Barplots

What are you most concerned about in your own life?

To the best of your knowledge, which of the following describe the Air Quality Index (AQI)?

What are you most concerned about in your neighborhood?

VIDEO TREATMENT EFFECTS DURABILITY

Next let’s talk about the neighborhood in which you live. What are you most worried about in your neighborhood? [Most worried about] air pollution.

Which of the following is the most important environmental issue in your community today? [Most important environmental issue] air pollution

Who is more responsible for reducing pollution and keeping the community clean, government or ordinary citizens?

True or false: air pollution in cities like Kampala and Nairobi can be just as bad or worse as the most polluted cities in the world.

True or false: breathing polluted air affects the lungs but not the brain or heart.

True or false: so far, no government has successfully been able to reduce air pollution.

Would you be interested in writing a short note to your mayor about air pollution?

To what extent are you concerned or unconcerned about air pollution in the neighborhood where you live?

One of the major causes of air pollution is exhaust from old vehicles that are in poor condition. To what extent do you agree or disagree that the government should remove such vehicles from the road, even when it comes at a cost to the vehicle owners?

To what extent do you agree or disagree that government should impose fines for trash burning?

To what extent would you be willing or unwilling to join a neighborhood/village/LC1 group to come up with a neighborhood air quality improvement plan?

Which of the following body parts can be affected by air pollution?

Which of the following body parts can be affected by air pollution? (BINARY, SELECTED ALL 3 PARTS)

Which of the following body parts can be affected by air pollution? Heart

Which of the following body parts can be affected by air pollution? Brain

Which of the following body parts can be affected by air pollution? Lungs

SMS EFFECTS

Would you be interested in writing a short note to your mayor about air pollution?

SMS TREATMENT EFFECTS: intermediate code, please don’t delete.

SMS TREATMENT EFFECTS: all coefficients, all scales, grouped.

VIDEO NEW EFFECTS

Have you ever looked for information about the level of air pollution in the place where you live?

When you think about the air in the LC1/neighborhood where we are now, in general would you say it is very clean, somewhat clean, somewhat polluted, or very polluted?

Have you ever heard of something called the Air Quality Index (AQI)?

To what extent do you think air pollution affects health?

To the best of your knowledge, what kind of things do you think cause air pollution in Kampala?

VIDEO NEW EFFECTS BINARY OUTCOMES, SAME PLOT

TREATMENT EFFECTS TEST SMS

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